The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-22
INEz KILLED THE CANARIEs.
And She Will Spend a Month in the
Penitentiary for 1t.
From the Ne,g York World.

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From the Ne,o York World
With tear-stained eyes and every appear
ance of genuine grief Mrs. Fanny Sictles,
an inmate of Mrs Pearsall's boording house
at No SO Great Jones street, came into the
Court of Special Sessions yesterday to
prosecute Inez Van Zandt for the killing of
her two pet canaries, Katydd and Billy.
Mrs Sickles was clad in deep mourning,
and tears coursed down her face as she
clasped to her bosom the tiny plush-covereO,
| silver-bound casket she had brought into
| court week ago when she made her origi-
nal complaint. The plush and silver coffin
contained the remains of Katydid, while in
her pocket Mrs Sickles had a crystal bottle
in which the twin singer Billy was pre-
served in alcohol She mourned for her
canaries as n mother would if the fondest
of her children were taken from her by
DEATH
While waiting for the case to he called
she sobbed quietly, end ever and anon her
handkerchief was pressed to her face to
wipe away the tears that had been falling
steadily for nearly a week since she made
the original complaint. She had made
| Henry Bergh, Jr., the nephew of President
Bergh, of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, acquainted with the
| facts, and he prosecuted with all his vigor.
When Presiding Justice Scion B. Smith
called the case, Justices Power AMI Ford sat
on either side of him. Inez, who was
charged with having cruelty slaughtered
and quartered the canaries, is dark haired
| damSel with a decidedly handsome face
| There was sort of sheer on her features all
| through the proceedinffs, and she was not
moved in the slightest manner until she
heard that she was doomed to the peniten-
| tiary.
| Mrs Sickles shed tears anew as she re-
lated how, fearing that her darlings might
! feel cold in her room on the second floor,
\ where there was no fire, she carried the
cage containing the canarieS to the kitchen
in the basement, where a bright fire was
| burning. She and Julia Brown, the colored
maid. barricaded the windows, and, after
kissing the canaries goodnight, they closed
the door without locking it. This was about
| 10 O'clock at night on Dec. IL, and before
bidding Julia goodnight Mrs. Sickles babe
her keep a watchful eye on her
darlings,n as she feared that harm
would befall them. She had in
mind a scene that occurred before she arose
| from her bed that very morning. A few
! moments before the clock in her room had
struck six the window of her room was
noiselessly opened from the outside by the
| hand of woman, who stood on the extern
sion in the rear. Mrs Sickle's attention
was 0OD unUll SIl6 uedfu IAe NOISE
| of the cage rubbing against the marble on
the bureau on which it was standing II
was evidently the intention of the outsider
to remove the cage and the sleeping cana
ries AS Mrs. Sickles sprang out of bed the
woman on the outside withdrew her arm
and ran away. Mrs. SiclSles, how
ever. caught a glimpse of her face
| 1t was that of Inez. Not wishing
to create disturbance in the
1 CHI coid
the matter, but she determined to more
closely guard the birds. 1t was very cold
the following night when she brought the
cage containing her songsters into the
kitchen. The next morning. as already told
| in the World, the canaries were found dead
| and mutilated on the floor. Billy was liter
ally cut in two, while dozen stab wobnds
covered the body of Katydid, in whose
tuneful breast life still fingered. The knife
which was used in the bloody work was on
| the table.
Julia, the servant made the discovery,
and she few to Mrs. Sickles' ROOM The
| latter was in bed at the time, but she sprang
up in her night robes and hurried down into
the kitchen. When she saw her pets lying
| lifeless on the floor she soLbed as if her
heart would break.
at was Inez who did It'll " exclaimed Julia.
''Oh, the wicked thingl l saw her leaving
this room ten minutes ago. Come to think Of
it now, she got kind of scared when she saw
me- It's good didn't catch her here. /
would have killed her tool"
Lawyer James w. Mclaughlin endeav-
ored to shake Mrs. Sckles's testimony, but
she stuck to her pitiful story.
NOW, wasn't it the cats that killed your
pets?" he asked.
mo; it was Inez Whenever would pet
| my darlings she would say to me. You
make me sick. Stop it. Don't makes fool
of YOURSELF
| And Mrs. Sickles uncovered the lid of the
| little acknowledgements for Mr.. Bergh
to put in evidence the dead Katydid
did you accuse the defendant of killing
your birds, and if so what reply did she
] maker asked Mr.. Bergh.
'She laughed. The wicked thing was in
an hilarious mood all day. She hasn't de-
MED, up to this day, that she killed my
darlings. All she would say was: What do
l know about your birds' | don't know
what you are talking about, and began to
laugh She killed my birds because she
| couldn't bear to have me pet them"
| Julia, the next witness, said Inez prone
naded the house in great glee the day the
| birds had been killed.
"You did it." Julia said savagely to Inez
"Ha, ha, ha!" was her only reply.
Inez next took the stand and she put all
the blame on the cats. The wicked cats had
got at the birds, she said, and killed them.
The fact was brought out that there are no
cats in the house, and when Mr.. BergE
caught Inez on that point she got confused
for the moment, but came out ahead again
by stating that the cats climbed over the
fence from the adjoining yard.
what was it that was so funny on that
day?n queried Justice Ford.
Funny she asked.
YES what was it that made you laugh
almost the entire daYT
II am fond of laughing" she replied
saucily.
THE defendant was sentenced to one
month in the penitentiary as already stated
in the MORNING NEWS dispatches.1
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